Leviticus 23:7:2Lev.23.7.W2TAB

הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן

harishon

the first

Transliteration
ha-ri-SHON
Extended
hah-ri-SHOHN
IPA
/haː.ri.ˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
the first

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Result
הָֽ + רִא + שׁ֔וֹן
ha + ri + shon
harishon

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ri-SHON

  2. clause

    ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON mik-ra-KO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM

  3. sentence

    ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON mik-ra-KO-desh yih-YE la-KHEM kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAA LO ta-a-SOO

Exegesis

The temporal phrase bayom harishon {בַּיּוֹם֙ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן | bā-yôm hā-rī-šôn} ‘on the first day’ opens the clause, reflecting Hebrew preference for time markers at the beginning.

In contextLeviticus 23:7

On the first day, a holy assembly shall be for you; you shall not engage in labor .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 23:7, so the Hebrew word הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן (harishon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.23.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.7.W2.S1) and character.